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150 beds and counting: Manitoba initiative supports children in need
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (184+ words) Manitoba Blue Cross employee volunteers gathered at Blue Cross Park last week to help build beds for local children in need. This was the third consecutive year the event has been held, with all the beds built for the local…...
Manitoba, Ottawa raise pay for child-care workers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) The governments of Canada and Manitoba say they are continuing efforts to strengthen the early learning and child-care sector with new wage increases and funding supports. In a joint announcement, Manitoba's education and early childhood learning minister, Tracy Schmidt, said…...
Province unlikely to meet child-care space targets: Auditor General
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (393+ words) Manitoba is not on track to meet its child-care commitments under a major federal-provincial agreement, according to a new report from the province's Auditor General. Auditor General Tyson Shtykalo says the province lacks the planning, data, and long-term strategy needed…...